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Gardening Canada

Get Growing

by (author) Frankie Flowers

photographs by Shannon Ross

Publisher
HarperCollins
Initial publish date
Feb 2011
Category
Canada, General, Techniques
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781554688333
    Publish Date
    Feb 2011
    List Price
    $26.99

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Description

Have you ever looked enviously at a neighbour’s gardenand wished you had a green thumb? Have you ever goneto the garden centre full of enthusiasm, only to find yourselfconfused and defeated? Have you ever wished that somehowgardening could just be, well, easy? If so, it’s time to Get Growing with Frankie Flowers. In 352 pages packed with inspiring yet instructional photos, Frankie coaches gardeners of all levels through the basics of getting a garden growing. Broken down into seasonal chapters that give the reader concise, clear instructions on what you need to do now and why, it provides a solid foundation for building a beautiful ornamental garden, a healthy, natural lawn and a bountiful vegetable garden. With tons of step-by-step detail—in words and photos -- this book includes everything from planning and planting to pruning and fine tuning. It’ll also help gardeners of all levels troubleshoot problems like weeds and slugs and rodents (oh my!). Gardening shouldn’t be complicated or overwhelming -- it should be fun. The secret is just to get outside and Get Growing!

About the authors

FRANK FERRAGINE (aka Frankie Flowers) reaches over 1 million Canadians each week as the gardening expert for BT Toronto, CityLine and City TV News. He is also a columnist for Canadian Gardening, Canadian Living and Walmart‘s LiveBetter magazine. His family business, Bradford Greenhouses, is one of Canada's largest combined greenhouse/garden businesses. He lives with his family in Innisfil, Ontario.

Web: www.frankieflowers.com
Facebook: Frank Ferragine
Twitter: @frankferragine
Instagram: @frankferragine

BRYCE WYLDE is a highly knowledgeable and respected natural healthcare practitioner whose specialty is homeopathy, clinical nutrition, supplementation, and botanical medicine and whose focus is routed within functional medicine. Bryce appears frequently on Dr. Oz, Canada AM, The Marilyn Denis Show, Cityline, and ABC's Good Morning America Health. He is the author of two previous books: The Antioxidant Prescription and Wylde on Health.

Web: www.wyldeabouthealth.com
Facebook: Bryce Wylde
Twitter: @wyldeonhealth

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